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The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) Annual Conference

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Earlier this week I attended the 19th annual National Conference of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (“STEP”). I must congratulate Michael Dodick, Janis Armstrong and their whole team for putting on another very successful conference. The success of the conference is easily measurable, there were 720 attendees, making it the largest STEP conference in the World. STEP Canada continues to grow and now has 2486 members in 11 branches….

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Estate Planning, In the News, Practice Management, Uncategorized

Old Age Security Clawback – Grossed-Up vs Actual Dividends

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) was reminded by a taxpayer individual about a perceived lack of fairness when required to include the dividends received at a grossed-up amount when calculating net income rather than only including the actual amount of dividends received. The taxpayer felt this was unfair because net income is used to calculate the reduction his or her old age security (OAS) pension. In their response the CRA….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Planning, Tax Issues

JOINT TENANCY AND PROBATE AVOIDANCE – A QUICK REVISIT

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When developing estate plans for clients with property of a capital nature (real estate, marketable securities being a couple of examples), one of the questions I get asked more often than not is: How can I avoid probate? Can I just put someone else’s name on a document so it transfers to that person when I pass away? Are there any implications? Technically speaking, “putting someone else’s name on a….

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Knowledge: The Inheritors’ Perspective

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RBC recently released their Wealth Transfer Report 2017. Some of results confirm what we have read for years about the percentage of people who have proper Wealth Transfer Plans in place. What caught my eye, were the survey results about the inheritor experience and educating the next generation. By way of context, this survey was comprised of 3,105 respondents from across Canada, U.S.A. and the U.K. with average investible assets….

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Multiple Wills – the West Coast version

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This Blog was written by: Natalie Rouse Most of us are familiar with the 1998 decision of Granovsky Estate v Ontario. The case has been the leading authority to permit planning with multiple Wills in Ontario. The use of multiple Wills is now an integral part of the estate planning process for business owners and professionals. It is a frequently used and effective strategy in order to save (and in….

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Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, In the News, Probate Tax, Uncategorized, Wills

TAXATION OF DEPRECIABLE PROPERTY TRANSFERS INVOLVING TRUSTS

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Pursuant to a certain provision of the Income Tax Act (“ITA”), if in the transfer of depreciable property between related parties, the actual cost to the transferee would otherwise exceed the capital cost (for tax purposes) to the transferor, the capital cost to the transferee is limited to the sum of the capital cost to transferor and the transferor’s taxable capital gain on the property minus any related capital gains….

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